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- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Closing the opportunity divide for low-income young adults
Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) founded Year Up to offer technical and professional skills training to arm economically disadvantaged young people with the professional skills they need to contribute to society. In this video he describes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
CHILDRESS (MBA 2000) Illustration by Peter Hoey Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap In an article for Harvard Business Review last year, former HBS lecturer Stacey Childress (MBA 2000)... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
phone. Through the entrepreneurship program, Sounouvou received training, mentorship, networking, and $5,000 in seed funding, among other benefits. “The training helped me greatly in improving our business... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
Taylor Wiegele and Sierra Smith on Shark Tank (photos by ABC) How did you come up with the idea for Zorpads? Sierra Smith: “We started Zorpads as part of a school project for FIELD 3 (which apparently no longer exists as required curriculum!). Our team was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Bright Idea #1 Training the Global Workforce, Gratis Mike Feerick (MBA 1993) FEERICK: At the grade school he attended in Ireland. "Knowledge and understanding," he says, "are being unleashed via the web... View Details
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
case method of instruction, contending that it teaches skills largely irrelevant to what managers actually do. Mintzberg devotes the second half of his book to a description of what works in management education, much of which is going on in European View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
view. Born in England and trained as an economist at Cambridge University, he moved to Brussels to work with the European Commission, the governing body of the newly formed European Union. He later became EU director of Transatlantic... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976
marketing. Farrington's business success is matched by her enthusiasm for HBS: she currently serves on the Visiting Committee and the HBS Club of New York board and has been an Alumni Board vice president, View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
(MBA 2002) Orpen Press John Travers uses the lens of his medical training to examine the ability of humanity—from the backstreets of Kolkata, through a hospital in Ghana, to the busiest emergency department in the world, a women’s prison,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
corporate governance is a long- or short-term goal? —Janelle James (MBA 2008) STEWART: It is hard to say because I cannot evaluate the subtle impact that the various training programs have on the development of View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
programs, which are expected to increase in both scope and number," Crane observed. "At HBS, Executive Education provides a training ground for new faculty, opens research possibilities for existing faculty, and brings the entire faculty... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
people of different races, genders, ethnicities, religions, and political views to make the most of these differences” —JAN HAMMOND, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN In June 2020, just three months after the pandemic forced Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
executives would find out that I was meditating,” Burton admits. Today, he wants everyone to know about the workplace benefits of meditation and other stress-management techniques. Six years ago, Burton founded Whil, a digital training... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
says, we're all about building a world that is 'just, humane, and environmentally sustainable.' " On this particular day, the petite, dark-haired Scher is wearing a business suit -- "I'm hosting a public event later today," she explains... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Feedback
while at the Law School in 1970, one of the last of the Harvard ROTC students for some four decades.) During our two-year stint at the Business School, Cambridge was a hotbed of antiwar sentiment, with police chasing dissenters with tear... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
soccer in the United States. The video gamers are esports’ celebrated athletes, often living together in team houses with coaches and intense training schedules that exercise fast-twitch muscles in the fingers and hone game strategy... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
learning firsthand about their daily challenges. “Imagine listening to callers in crisis over a 16-hour shift. It’s an emotionally taxing job. We created crisis intervention training for the 90 call takers, establishing new protocols and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
wanted to use her new skills in the business world. After training as an executive coach, she set up the executive coach and career consultancy Thinking Potential. Working with women who faced the same type... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Last Look
hero and canine-savior, a Vietnam vet and former Navy SEAL whose training had included cold-water swimming. The photo and stories about the rescue subsequently appeared in media around the world, generating praise, honors, and even some... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Roadmap for Moms
nationally) who face the challenges and rewards of returning to work: Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work (Warner Business Books, 2007). Rabin discussed their book during a recent promotion... View Details